| Lineup | Dayton | PG - James Stanley (fresh) SG - David Johnson (fresh) SF - Matthew Carr (fresh) PF - Robin Haubert (fresh) C - Eldon Horodyski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Jeff Henson (fresh) SG - James Feely (fresh) SF - Robert Bynum (fresh) PF - Patrick Walton (fresh) C - James Hanlin (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Dayton | Eldon Horodyski wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:45 | Dayton | Patrick Walton is called for the reach on Robin Haubert - foul #1 on Patrick Walton, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Dayton | David Johnson makes the 3 from the left corner | 3-0 |
| 19:13 | Louisiana Tech | Robin Haubert swats the layup by Robert Bynum | 3-0 |
| 19:11 | Dayton | Eldon Horodyski grabs the board | 3-0 |
| 19:05 | Dayton | David Johnson drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Matthew Carr | 6-0 |
| 18:52 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bynum blows the layup | 6-0 |
| 18:50 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bynum tips it home | 6-2 |
| 18:30 | Dayton | David Johnson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 6-2 |
| 18:15 | Louisiana Tech | Eldon Horodyski swats the layup by Jeff Henson | 6-2 |
| 18:13 | Dayton | Robin Haubert snags the defensive board | 6-2 |
| 18:07 | Dayton | David Johnson misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 6-2 |
| 18:06 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Walton grabs the board | 6-2 |
| 17:59 | Louisiana Tech | Jeff Henson clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 6-2 |
| 17:57 | Dayton | Eldon Horodyski grabs the defensive rebound | 6-2 |
| 17:31 | Dayton | David Johnson misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 6-2 |
| 17:29 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Walton snags the defensive board | 6-2 |
| 17:12 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bynum double dribbles | 6-2 |
| Subs | Dayton | Dikembe Akinyooye (SG) David Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 16:49 | Dayton | Matthew Carr's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 6-2 |
| Subs | Dayton | Jonathan Smith (PG), Jed Lucky (SF), Harry White (PF), Gregory Lawson (C) James Stanley, Matthew Carr, Robin Haubert, Eldon Horodyski | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 16:27 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin knocks in the fadeaway from the left block and he's hacked by Gregory Lawson - foul #1 on Gregory Lawson, team foul #1 | 6-4 |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | John Paden (SF) Robert Bynum | |
| 16:27 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin makes the free throw | 6-5 |
| 16:15 | Dayton | Harry White clanks a jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Jeff Henson - foul #1 on Jeff Henson, team foul #2 | 6-5 |
| 16:15 | Dayton | Harry White makes the 1st free throw | 7-5 |
| 16:15 | Dayton | Harry White makes the 2nd free throw | 8-5 |
| 15:59 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Walton is hacked by Gregory Lawson - foul #2 on Gregory Lawson, team foul #2 | 8-5 |
| Subs | Dayton | David Johnson (SG), Eldon Horodyski (C) Dikembe Akinyooye, Gregory Lawson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Frederick Scuderi (PG), Joe Noonan (PF), Joe Willis (C) Jeff Henson, Patrick Walton, James Hanlin | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Jonathan Smith (fresh) SG - David Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Jed Lucky (fresh) PF - Harry White (fresh) 2 pts. C - Eldon Horodyski (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Frederick Scuderi (fresh) SG - James Feely (fresh) SF - John Paden (fresh) PF - Joe Noonan (fresh) C - Joe Willis (fresh) | |
| 15:46 | Louisiana Tech | James Feely double dribbles | 8-5 |
| Subs | Dayton | James Stanley (PG), Matthew Carr (SF) Jonathan Smith, Jed Lucky | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 15:30 | Dayton | David Johnson can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 8-5 |
| 15:28 | Louisiana Tech | James Feely gets the rebound | 8-5 |
| 15:24 | Louisiana Tech | Frederick Scuderi misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 8-5 |
| 15:23 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Willis snags the offensive board | 8-5 |
| 15:07 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Noonan misses the easy layup | 8-5 |
| 15:05 | Dayton | Eldon Horodyski snags the defensive board | 8-5 |
| 14:57 | Dayton | David Johnson misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 8-5 |
| 14:55 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Noonan gets the rebound | 8-5 |
| 14:37 | Louisiana Tech | Frederick Scuderi hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 8-5 |
| 14:36 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Noonan can't tip it in | 8-5 |
| 14:34 | Dayton | Harry White gets the rebound | 8-5 |
| 14:14 | Dayton | David Johnson buries a 3pt shot from straight away set up by James Stanley | 11-5 |
| 13:55 | Louisiana Tech | James Feely misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 11-5 |
| 13:54 | Louisiana Tech | John Paden misses the tip | 11-5 |
| 13:53 | Dayton | Harry White gets the rebound | 11-5 |
| 13:43 | Dayton | James Stanley is called for 10 seconds | 11-5 |
| Subs | Dayton | Jonathan Smith (PG), Dikembe Akinyooye (SG), Jed Lucky (SF), Robin Haubert (PF) James Stanley, David Johnson, Matthew Carr, Harry White | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Jeff Henson (PG), Wilbur McGrew (SG), Robert Bynum (SF), Patrick Walton (PF), James Hanlin (C) Frederick Scuderi, James Feely, John Paden, Joe Noonan, Joe Willis | |
| 13:25 | Louisiana Tech | Jeff Henson is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Jeff Henson, team foul #3 | 11-5 |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Frederick Scuderi (PG) Jeff Henson | |
| 13:12 | Dayton | Jonathan Smith misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 11-5 |
| 13:11 | Dayton | Eldon Horodyski tips it but misses | 11-5 |
| 13:09 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bynum pulls down the rebound | 11-5 |
| 12:45 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 11-5 |
| 12:27 | Dayton | Robert Bynum is called for the reach on Dikembe Akinyooye - foul #1 on Robert Bynum, team foul #4 | 11-5 |
| Subs | Dayton | James Stanley (PG) Jonathan Smith | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 12:15 | Dayton | Patrick Walton is called for the reach on James Stanley - foul #2 on Patrick Walton, team foul #5 | 11-5 |
| Subs | Dayton | Matthew Carr (SF) Jed Lucky | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Feely (SG), Joe Noonan (PF) Frederick Scuderi, Patrick Walton | |
| 12:04 | Dayton | Matthew Carr misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 11-5 |
| 12:03 | Dayton | Matthew Carr gets the offensive rebound | 11-5 |
| 11:49 | Dayton | Robin Haubert knocks in the fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by James Stanley | 13-5 |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - James Stanley (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Dikembe Akinyooye (fresh) SF - Matthew Carr (fresh) PF - Robin Haubert (fresh) 2 pts. C - Eldon Horodyski (tiring) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Wilbur McGrew (fresh) SG - James Feely (fresh) SF - Robert Bynum (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joe Noonan (fresh) 2 reb. C - James Hanlin (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:27 | Louisiana Tech | James Feely banks in the layup set up by Wilbur McGrew | 13-7 |
| 11:08 | Dayton | James Hanlin steals the ball from Robin Haubert | 13-7 |
| 10:51 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin comes up short on the shot from the right block | 13-7 |
| 10:49 | Dayton | Eldon Horodyski snags the defensive board | 13-7 |
| 10:23 | Dayton | Matthew Carr misses the dunk but the foul's on Robert Bynum - foul #2 on Robert Bynum, team foul #6 | 13-7 |
| Subs | Dayton | Jonathan Smith (PG), David Johnson (SG), Harry White (PF) James Stanley, Dikembe Akinyooye, Robin Haubert | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Frederick Scuderi (PG), John Paden (SF), Joe Willis (C) Wilbur McGrew, Robert Bynum, James Hanlin | |
| 10:23 | Dayton | Matthew Carr misses the 1st free throw | 13-7 |
| 10:23 | Dayton | Matthew Carr makes the 2nd free throw | 14-7 |
| 10:03 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Willis misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 14-7 |
| 10:02 | Dayton | Eldon Horodyski snags the defensive board | 14-7 |
| 09:42 | Dayton | David Johnson misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 14-7 |
| 09:41 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Noonan grabs the board | 14-7 |
| 09:25 | Louisiana Tech | Frederick Scuderi scores on a shot near the basket | 14-9 |
| 09:08 | Dayton | Harry White is fouled on the floor by Joe Noonan - foul #1 on Joe Noonan, team foul #7 | 14-9 |
| Subs | Dayton | James Stanley (PG), Jed Lucky (SF) Jonathan Smith, Matthew Carr | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Wilbur McGrew (SG), James Hanlin (C) James Feely, Joe Noonan | |
| 09:08 | Dayton | Harry White makes the 1st free throw | 15-9 |
| 09:08 | Dayton | Harry White makes the 2nd free throw | 16-9 |
| 08:47 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin scores on a runner from the right block on a great pass from Wilbur McGrew | 16-11 |
| 08:24 | Dayton | David Johnson connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Eldon Horodyski | 19-11 |
| 08:10 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin misses the 3 from straight away | 19-11 |
| 08:08 | Louisiana Tech | John Paden grabs the offensive board | 19-11 |
| 08:01 | Louisiana Tech | David Johnson steps in front of the Frederick Scuderi pass | 19-11 |
| 07:49 | Dayton | David Johnson drills a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by James Stanley | 22-11 |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - James Stanley (fresh) 3 ast. SG - David Johnson (fairly fresh) 15 pts. SF - Jed Lucky (fresh) PF - Harry White (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Eldon Horodyski (tiring) 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Frederick Scuderi (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Wilbur McGrew (fresh) 2 ast. SF - John Paden (fairly fresh) PF - Joe Willis (fresh) C - James Hanlin (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 07:35 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin misses the easy layup | 22-11 |
| 07:34 | Dayton | The rebound goes to Jed Lucky | 22-11 |
| 07:13 | Dayton | Frederick Scuderi takes the ball from David Johnson | 22-11 |
| 07:10 | Louisiana Tech | Wilbur McGrew blows the layup | 22-11 |
| 07:08 | Dayton | Eldon Horodyski pulls down the rebound | 22-11 |
| 06:50 | Dayton | Jed Lucky makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 25-11 |
| 06:32 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 25-11 |
| 06:30 | Dayton | Harry White gets the rebound | 25-11 |
| 06:04 | Dayton | Harry White misses the lay-in | 25-11 |
| 06:02 | Dayton | Harry White gets the offensive rebound | 25-11 |
| 05:45 | Dayton | Jed Lucky clanks a floater from the free throw line | 25-11 |
| 05:44 | Dayton | Harry White misses the tip | 25-11 |
| 05:43 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin grabs the board | 25-11 |
| 05:41 | Louisiana Tech | Frederick Scuderi throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 25-11 |
| Subs | Dayton | Jonathan Smith (PG), Dikembe Akinyooye (SG), Matthew Carr (SF), Robin Haubert (PF) James Stanley, David Johnson, Jed Lucky, Harry White | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Feely (SG), Ronald Frost (SF), Robert Bowman (PF), Joe Noonan (C) Wilbur McGrew, John Paden, Joe Willis, James Hanlin | |
| 05:32 | Dayton | Robin Haubert buries a turnaround from the left block set up by Dikembe Akinyooye and he's hacked by Joe Noonan - foul #2 on Joe Noonan, team foul #8 | 27-11 |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin (C) Joe Noonan | |
| 05:32 | Dayton | Robin Haubert misses the free throw | 27-11 |
| 05:32 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bowman gets the rebound | 27-11 |
| 05:20 | Louisiana Tech | James Feely hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 27-11 |
| 05:19 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin grabs the offensive rebound | 27-11 |
| 05:05 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin misses long on a floater from the right wing | 27-11 |
| 05:03 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin tips it in | 27-13 |
| 04:59 | Dayton | James Feely is called for the reach on Dikembe Akinyooye - foul #1 on James Feely, team foul #9 | 27-13 |
| 04:59 | Dayton | Dikembe Akinyooye misses the 1st free throw | 27-13 |
| 04:59 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to James Hanlin | 27-13 |
| 04:42 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 27-13 |
| 04:14 | Dayton | Robin Haubert misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 27-13 |
| 04:13 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin gets the rebound | 27-13 |
| 04:08 | Louisiana Tech | James Feely banks in the layup set up by Robert Bowman | 27-15 |
| 03:51 | Dayton | Jonathan Smith misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 27-15 |
| 03:49 | Dayton | The offensive rebound goes to Matthew Carr | 27-15 |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Jonathan Smith (fresh) SG - Dikembe Akinyooye (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Matthew Carr (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robin Haubert (fresh) 4 pts. C - Eldon Horodyski (tired) 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Frederick Scuderi (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Feely (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ronald Frost (fresh) PF - Robert Bowman (fresh) C - James Hanlin (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:36 | Dayton | Jonathan Smith can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Robert Bowman - foul #1 on Robert Bowman, team foul #10 | 27-15 |
| Subs | Dayton | Gregory Lawson (C) Eldon Horodyski | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Jeff Henson (PG), Robert Bynum (SF), Patrick Walton (PF), Joe Noonan (C) Frederick Scuderi, Ronald Frost, Robert Bowman, James Hanlin | |
| 03:36 | Dayton | Jonathan Smith makes the 1st free throw | 28-15 |
| 03:36 | Dayton | Jonathan Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 29-15 |
| 03:11 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bynum hits a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Jeff Henson and the foul's on Gregory Lawson - foul #3 on Gregory Lawson, team foul #3 | 29-17 |
| Subs | Dayton | James Stanley (PG), Harry White (PF), Eldon Horodyski (C) Jonathan Smith, Robin Haubert, Gregory Lawson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 03:11 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bynum makes the free throw | 29-18 |
| 02:51 | Dayton | Matthew Carr misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 29-18 |
| 02:49 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Noonan grabs the defensive rebound | 29-18 |
| 02:29 | Louisiana Tech | Jeff Henson can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 29-18 |
| 02:28 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Walton gets the offensive rebound | 29-18 |
| 02:09 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Walton misses long on a turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on Eldon Horodyski - foul #1 on Eldon Horodyski, team foul #4 | 29-18 |
| Subs | Dayton | David Johnson (SG), Jed Lucky (SF) Dikembe Akinyooye, Matthew Carr | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Wilbur McGrew (SG) James Feely | |
| 02:09 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Walton misses the 1st free throw | 29-18 |
| 02:09 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Walton makes the 2nd free throw | 29-19 |
| 01:47 | Dayton | David Johnson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 29-19 |
| 01:46 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Noonan gets the rebound | 29-19 |
| 01:25 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bynum loses the dribble to David Johnson | 29-19 |
| 01:05 | Dayton | David Johnson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 29-19 |
| 01:03 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Noonan grabs the board | 29-19 |
| 00:48 | Louisiana Tech | Jeff Henson misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by James Stanley - foul #1 on James Stanley, team foul #5 | 29-19 |
| Subs | Dayton | Jonathan Smith (PG), Robin Haubert (PF) James Stanley, Harry White | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Feely (SG), John Paden (SF), James Hanlin (C) Wilbur McGrew, Robert Bynum, Joe Noonan | |
| 00:48 | Louisiana Tech | Jeff Henson misses the 1st free throw | 29-19 |
| 00:48 | Louisiana Tech | Jeff Henson misses the 2nd free throw | 29-19 |
| 00:48 | Dayton | Robin Haubert snags the defensive board | 29-19 |
| 00:33 | Dayton | David Johnson misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 29-19 |
| 00:31 | Louisiana Tech | James Hanlin snags the defensive board | 29-19 |
| 00:17 | Louisiana Tech | Jed Lucky blocks the short jumper by John Paden | 29-19 |
| 00:16 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Walton gets the offensive rebound | 29-19 |
| 00:04 | Louisiana Tech | James Feely misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 29-19 |
| 00:03 | Dayton | Eldon Horodyski grabs the defensive rebound | 29-19 |
| 00:00 | Dayton | Eldon Horodyski misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 29-19 |